Musical with Longest Title

[myshikobit]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 5:58pm

My friend was just trying to remember the name of a musical with a really long title, so I thought it might be interesting to start a thread to find out the longest titled musical of all time, hahaha.

I'll start with:

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Forum
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

[BwayTday]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 6:02pm

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

[CapnHook]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 6:07pm

Why does it have to be a musical?

Tony Kushner's The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures [14]

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [8]
Stop The World I Want To Get Off [8]
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum [10]
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris [10]

Updated On: 1/31/10 at 06:07 PM

[I'mNOTthatGIRL72]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 6:19pm

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee? :)

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 6:29pm

Rachael Lily Rosenbloom (And Don't You Ever Forget It!) (9)

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 6:31pm

Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death

[Jon]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 6:46pm

Well, Capn Hook, if you want a non-musical, how about:

"The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat, as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylam at Charenton, Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade."

a.k.a. "Marat/Sade"

[[tos]fan999]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 6:48pm

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 6:54pm

Why Torture is Wrong and the People who Love Them (or whatever the heck that long title is)

[myshikobit]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 7:35pm

Ok, so apparently the show we're looking for has a title something along the lines of things parents say or don't say

i.e.

"Father says...., but ____ says"

I'm dumbfounded

[Jon]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 7:42pm

Oh Dad, Poor Dad - Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad

[StageManager2]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 8:22pm

THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT: THE MUSICAL

[tazber]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 10:10pm

I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 10:56pm

The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein

[Inigomontoya]

Posted: 2/1/10 at 9:34am

The roar of the greasepaint and the smell of the crowd
I love you, your perfect, now change!

[ErinDillyFan]

Posted: 2/1/10 at 10:30am

I guess you have to decide the most words or the most letters or characters. I haven't kept track of the entries, but here are some long ones...

Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a place Like This?

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

The Decline And Fall Of The Entire World As Seen Through The Eyes Of Cole Porter

If You Sit Real Still and Hold My Hand, You Will Hear Absolutely Nothing

The Ladies of the Hood River Horticultural Society and the Flower That Nearly Destroyed Them

And some I just like the title of:
A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant
What's a Nice Country Like You Doing in a State Like This?

And to your next question, I belive '13' is the shortest.

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/1/10 at 10:55am

Shortest? Nah.

What about Nine?
Gigi?
Cats?

EDIT: I guess it depends on whether you mean shortest/longest in letters or syllables.

Updated On: 2/1/10 at 10:55 AM

[onedaymore]

Posted: 2/1/10 at 1:19pm

You also have to remember, 13's full name is "13: The Musical"

[HerrStiefel]

Posted: 2/1/10 at 1:34pm

"How to save the world and find true love in 90 minutes" - A musical comedy

[JRybka]

Posted: 2/1/10 at 1:50pm

Da is the shortest I know of....

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 2/1/10 at 2:36pm

Actually, there was a major musical production in Spain that premiered in Madrid in 2008 called "A". My partner saw the show. He said it was pretty awful.

[darquegk]

Posted: 2/1/10 at 5:56pm

"Strangelove!- The 'Dr. Strangelove, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb' Cold War Musical Spectacular"

[Biff AKA Levi]

Posted: 2/2/10 at 2:02am

The Musical Comedy Murders of the Nineteen Thirties.

(Okay, so I know it's supposed to be 1930s, but we can cheat a little, right?)